Other offences took place at NIB Donnybrook and Ulster Bank, Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

Prosecutor Luan O Braonain said O’Brien’s plea was acceptable to the DPP. Defence counsel Patrick McGrath said his client has no previous convictions.

In May last year, the crook lost a High Court judicial review challenge arguing he could not get a fair trial due to adverse publicity in the print and broadcast media.

He appealed the outcome to the Supreme Court, which ruled the trial could proceed any time after this month.

Earlier this month, O’Brien made a separate application to bring a fresh judicial review challenge, on grounds arising from a recent Supreme Court ruling concerning rights of detained persons to have solicitors present during interviews.

Judge Patricia Ryan adjourned the case for mention next Wednesday when a date will be set for sentencing. She remanded O’Brien on continuing bail.